Un digital empire, a billionaire legacy and 106 heirs To be treated all in the same way. It is not the plot of a dystopian novel but the reality, declared black on white, of Pavel Durov, visionary and controversial founder of Telegram. At just 40 years old, the Russian programmer and entrepreneur surprised the world not with the announcement of a new one feature On his app of over one billion active users, but with a will that unloads conventions e raise the veil on an intimacy never told before. A choice outside the box, which combines provocation, rigor and a rigorous as disarming educational philosophy.
Pavel Durov: a 17 billion dollar fortune for children
Second ForbesPavel Durov’s heritage yes it wanders around 17.1 billion dollars. Nevertheless none of his 106 children – You are born from natural relationships and a hundred conceived by sperm donation In twelve different countries – he will receive a penny Before having turned thirty.
The motivation? The entrepreneur leaves no room for interpretations: “I want them to live like normal peoplethat they build themselves, who learn to trust themselves, that they are able to create, who do not depend on a bank account». The will will apply Starting from June 19, 2055exactly 30 years later The interview with The pointthe French magazine where he revealed everything.
Pavel Durov, 106 children: all with the same rights
Paternity for Pavel Durov is not just a biological fact. It is a manifesto. “They are all my children and they will have all the same rights!” He stated firmly. A position that does not make distinctions between “natural” children and those born from donation. The beginning of this path, he explains, was born almost by chance: The first donation was to help a friendThen the gesture turned into a habit, into a long -term project. Guaranteed anonymity, except now: when everything returns in the spotlight, also thanks to its status as a public and discussed person.
From Telegram to flee to Dubai: who is Pavel Durov
Pavel Durov is Raised between Leningrado (today St. Petersburg) and Italybut it’s a Dubai who today found his headquarters. In 2014 he abandoned Russia after refused to deliver sensitive data To the government bodies, a move that consecrated him as a champion of digital privacy but also as an enemy of many state powers. Telegram, founded in 2013, has become a symbol of free communication, but also ambiguous place according to the French authoritieswho investigated him by alleged complicity in illegal activities.
Investigated in France: the Telegram case
In August 2024, Durov was arrested in France. The accusations: the diffusion of illegal content through its platformincluding drug trafficking, child pornography and digital scams. Is obliged to stay in French territorywhere he presents himself twice a week to the police waiting to understand what will be the charges against him. He denies all responsibility and defines the accusations “totally absurd” and “politically motivated”. For Durov, the price of digital freedom is high: “Defending freedom makes you earn many enemies, even within the most powerful states”.
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